Pinto "Madness" as a Flawed Landmark Narrative: An Organizational and Network Analysis

Social Problems

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-47

  Lee, Matthew T ^a   Ermann, M David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0345736349     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3097160     Document Type: Article

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